The High-Volume Hot Towel Cabinet, Built to Stack

When a room gets through towels faster than a small warmer can keep up, this is the step up. The Taiji HC-8 Hot Cabi holds 35 to 45 hot rolled towels in an 8-litre chamber, with a Low and High setting so you can pick the working temperature. It is built to stack: add the matching CC-8 cooler and a joining plate and you have hot and cold towels from a single footprint. Taiji invented the electric towel warmer in 1964, and the Hot Cabi is its volume model.

Oshibori at volume, from the company that started it

The oshibori (おしぼり), the damp towel offered on arrival, is a cornerstone of Japanese omotenashi, or hospitality. Until the 1960s warming towels meant a gas steamer and a lot of labour, so hot oshibori were mostly the preserve of high-end ryotei. In 1964 Taiji built the first electric towel warmer, the Hot Cabi, and made the gesture practical for any room. The HC-8 is the larger Hot Cabi: more capacity, a choice of temperature, and the option to pair it with a cooler so a kitchen can offer hot towels in winter and cold ones in summer.

HC-8 or HC-6: which towel warmer do I need?

It comes down to volume and control. The HC-8 holds 35 to 45 hand towels and adds Low/High temperature settings, and it can stack with the CC-8 cooler, so it suits a busier room or one that wants hot and cold towels from one spot. The smaller HC-6 holds 25 to 30 towels in a more compact body and keeps things simple, which is plenty for a small restaurant, bar or host stand. If you serve a lot of covers or want temperature control and stacking, choose the HC-8.

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